Neasa Hourigan (Dublin Central, Green Party)
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129. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the percentage of social media videos posted on her Department's social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under the remit of her Department, that included closed captioning or subtitling and Irish sign language translations between 1 January 2022 and 31 December 2022, inclusive. [5579/23]

Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party)
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Between 1 January 2022 and 31 December 2022, my Department posted 76.4% of its videos with closed captioning/subtitling. The corresponding figures for the public bodies and agencies that operate under the remit of the Department are listed in the table below, alongside the Department’s data.

Please note that Irish Sign Language is an option used primarily in live and/or livestreamed events, such as three exhibition events held by the National Gallery of Ireland, as well as its guided tours and awards ceremonies. The Department’s commitment to accessibility is demonstrated in its strong use of closed captioning and subtitling.

I intend to write to write to the bodies under the aegis of my Department to encourage them to incorporate captioning / subtitling as standard practice in their social media video production, to improve accessibility of the information they are sharing with the public.